"Click!"
Amidst the sound of pouring rain, the door was opened from the outside.
As the sound came, the group of scholars in white coats quickly turned their attention to it.
A tall, slender figure in pure white, draped in a red brocade cloak, pushed open the door and entered.
Its pure white and clean body was completely naked, draped only in a blood-red cloak, yet it appeared extremely mysterious.
His missing left arm, visible beneath his cloak, is particularly striking, and this is now the main focus of research for these scholars.
The appearance of the slender, Pale God brought an intense sense of oppression, causing the group of researchers to feel a sudden tightness in their chests, and the timid ones even began to tremble.
Only Dr. Aibolan, the head of the research team, had the courage to approach the Pale God and make a request.
"Your Majesty, we would like to ask you some further questions in order to advance the experiment. As you know, Your Majesty, as the flesh and blood of God, is truly great. To this day, we have no way to decompose or study You. We can only proceed with some theoretical reasoning to advance the experiment from a theoretical perspective."
"Of course, the very reason I founded this research team is to unravel the mysteries of the gods!"
The Pale God Norton spoke calmly, his tall figure standing out from the crowd, appearing quite different from humans due to his height and body proportions.
His answer did not surprise the Aibolan scholars.
His daily interactions over the past few days had already made him realize that this so-called Pale God was not as tyrannical and despotic as described in historical records.
On the contrary, he was very easy to talk to, and he would basically meet all requests. Moreover, he never lost his temper, and he did not have the cold and gloomy demeanor of ordinary emperors, who always had a cold face and did not express their likes or dislikes, making people guess his thoughts.
If you strip away its pristine appearance, it really is just the behavior of a normal person.
This also made Aibolan somewhat suspicious of the assessments in historical documents.
Could this Pale God really just be a normal, ordinary person with a normal mindset?
After all, looking at the history of the mythical era, it's practically a whole book of Norton's survival stories!
After reviewing the historical records of the Papal State ' rule and the people's misery, Aibolan felt he had grasped the truth of history.
If Aibolan knew of Abraham's thoughts, he would surely laugh Abraham to death.
This progenitor, raised by the Church, has never been normal throughout history!
The more normal he acts, the more abnormal he seems!
Unfortunately, Aibolan did not live to see that era.
So he's still verifying it.
"Your Majesty! As far as we know, Vampire have extraordinary regenerative abilities. Not only can they regenerate severed limbs, but I even saw that Grand Duke Abraham was able to perfectly recover even when half of his body was charred by the sun... So, in theory, your severed arm should also be able to recover, but the situation is different from what we expected."
Your Majesty, is it possible for your arm to recover? Or do you need to have the severed arm reattached to restore it to its original state?
Norton stood still, his tall figure slightly bowed. His two pure black, crystalline eyes seemed to have no discernible focus, giving the impression that he wasn't looking at anyone, yet everyone felt he was watching them. This feeling sent chills down the spines of the scholars, who feared that Norton might notice something amiss in their expressions.
Norton already knew about their thoughts. His Pressure, which covered the entire Southern Continent, was like a surveillance camera, knowing not only their discussions but also the words recorded by the scholar.
How could Norton not know that these scholars still harbored thoughts of researching against him?
Not only did he know, but Norton himself initiated this whole thing.
Norton wanted to advance; Norton didn't want to be like he was when he was sealed away, able to be manipulated at will by even the slightest bit of power leaked from God!
So after breaking free from the seal, he successively used two methods to try to advance his power: 'replacing the name of God ' and 'attempting to steal authority using forgeries'!
However, to this day, there has been no feedback on the progress made.
Therefore, Norton had to use the special nature of his Existence Level to try a third method: using the principle that 'only those of Existence Level can harm him' to lure the people of the Southern Continent into various experiments and research, in order to create weapons or methods that could harm Norton!
Humans are numerous, and pooling their wisdom might actually yield some results.
If this group of people actually manages to develop something that can harm him, it would mean that Norton might truly have the opportunity to advance!
Only those who can harm him can allow him to advance in rank. This is the limitation brought about by his Existence Level, and it is also a manifestation of the terror of his Existence Level... Just like how Norton, wielding the God's Nail, was unable to drive it into Kuba's body.
Ironically, a thousand years ago Norton overthrew the Southern Continent because he was afraid of being harmed. A thousand years later, he wants to advance, yet he also desires to be harmed... Norton is truly a masochist!
Norton's dark, glistening eyes swept around, scanning the scholars who were filled with both anticipation and fear, exerting considerable pressure on them, before he slowly spoke, "I am a divine being; my flesh and blood have not yet Withering Death, so naturally I cannot regenerate!"
As he spoke, Norton mentioned his own pale, missing arm.
To the astonishment of the scholars, the half-pale arm on the glass platform spontaneously moved its fingers and then leaped onto Norton's body.
The moment the two made contact, the severed arm fused into Norton's flesh at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then his severed arm was instantly restored!
That damn Norton, he's acting again!
Even if Kuba beats him into mincemeat, he can instantly regenerate, but now he's pretending that he can't regenerate his severed arm!
Damn it, Norton isn't stupid. He does want these people to figure out a way to deal with him, but he doesn't really want to be banned again, so he's been holding back these past few times!
As expected, Norton revealed the full meaning of his words, which also filled the scholars with despair.
"This Pale God is able to completely integrate his own flesh and blood into his body, doesn't that mean that using his bones to seal him is completely impossible?"
Aibolan was extremely disappointed. Norton's performance alone had already thwarted their idea of replicating Kuba's style.
Now is the time to utilize the science of the new era in an attempt to uncover its secrets!
"Your Majesty, the flesh and blood of the gods indeed conceal secrets. The old methods of research are now completely ineffective. I have heard that a strange new product called the 'microscope' has emerged in the Kaimen Empire, which can observe the essence of matter."
I humbly request Your Majesty to spare a bit of flesh and blood so that we may invite scholars from the Kaimen Empire to conduct new research!
"Can!"
Norton readily agreed.
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(To clarify, Norton's Existence Level is too high; only those of higher or equal Existence Level can harm him. Therefore, he wants this group of people to research something that can harm him. Whatever they research, it means that they have the ability to transcend Existence Level, which is undoubtedly a help to his advancement.)
That's why he began to pursue this kind of biological research, even at the cost of sacrificing his own flesh and blood.
I'll catch up on the other two chapters I owe in the next couple of days; I'm just so hopelessly addicted to Hafk.